Cushion for headrests



R. HOLLIS. I cusmon FOR HEADJRTESTS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, I921.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

REY HOLLIS, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

CUSHION roe nnanansrs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 27, 1921.

Application filed February 14,1921. Serial No. 444,633.

'10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REY l'lioLLrs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Santa Barbare, in the county of Santa Barbara and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Cushion for Headrests, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cushions particularl adapted to be used on thehead rests of chairs of the character employed in the dental and otherrofessions, and an object of the invention is to add to the comfort ofthe patient occupying the chair.

Anot 1er object is the provision of a sanitary covering for the headrest.

Another object is to provide a cushion of this character that can bereadily detached from the head rest when soiled, laundried and againattached to the head rest.

Another object is to detachably connect the pad to the attaching membersso as to facilitate laundrying of either the pad or the attachingmembers or both.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal view, mainly in mid section, of a cushionconstructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention andattached to a head rest shown in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the cushion shown in Fig. 1 openedout flat, one of the attaching members being expanded to its maximumdiameter and the other one being folded upon itself to expose to viewthe fastening members for detachably connecting the pad to the attachingmembers.

There is provided a pad comprising a cover or casing 1 and filling 2therefor of cotton, hair or other suitable material. may be finished inany desired manner and, in the instance shown, it is quilted asindicated at 3. The pad, in the instance illustrated, is rectangular,but it may be of any other suitable shape.

Fastened to the cover 1 of the pad are at taching members i which, inthis instance, are in the form of cupshape receptacles. Preferably,though not necessarily. the members 1 are detachably connected with thepad and, therefore, the under face of the cover 1 and the upper faces ofthe members 4 are provided with cooperating fasteners 5, 6 which, inthis instance, constitute the wellknown snap or glove fasteners.

The members 4 are positioned substan- The pad tially midway between thetransverse medial line of the if d and. the respective ends thereof andtheyare adapted to receive the hnolrlilro head rests a commonly providedon the chairs occupied by patients in the dental and medical prressions. These head rd-its a are generally ad stably mounted on a bentrod 2') in spaced relation as shown in Fig; 1 so that the bacl; of thepatients head will lie between the head rests.

The members 1. are preferably adjustable in diameter to fit differentshapes and sizes of head rests, and I secure adjusta bility, in thisinstance, by providing each of the members 4 near its rim with adrawstring 7. The drawstrings may be selectively positioned according tothe size of the head rests, and for this purpose there are provided aplurality of ways 8, 9, 10 in the hems 11 defining the rims of themembers 4. The ways 8, 9, 10-are different distances from the margins ofthe mouths of the members 4 so that the drawstring will be placed in theway 8 for a smaller head rest, in the way 9 for a head rest ofintermediate size and in the way 10 for a larger head rest;

In practice, the invention will be applied to the head rests as shown inFig. 1 and the drawstrings will be drawn taut and tied to securelyfasten the cushion in place. lVhen the pad 1, 2 becomes soiled it may beunsnapped from the fasteners 6 and a clean pad of similar constructionsubstituted in its stead while the first pad is being laundried. Or, ifthe attaching members 1 also require laundrying, they as Well as the padwill be removed. from the head rest and a clean cushion completesubstituted while the detached pad and its attaching members are beinglaundried. In this manner a dentist or other person employing thischaracter of chair for his patients may add to the phyei Ll and mentalcomfort and wellbeing of 111.: patients with small expense. If desired.a clean towel may be placed over the cushion for each patient occupyingthe chair, thus keeping the cushion clean longer and avoiding any chanceof infection of one patient by another.

I claim:

1.. In a cushion for head rest, a pad, and attaching members fastened tothe under surface of the pad and provided with means to contract them.

In a cushion for head rest, a pad, and receptacles attached to the undersurface of the pad and adapted to receive the head rest-s of a dentalchair.

8. In a cushion for head rest, a pad, receptacles adapted to receive thehead rests of a dental chair, and means detaehably fastening the pad tothe receptacle.

l. In a cushion for head rest, a pad, receptacles attached to the undersurface of the pad and adapted to receive the head rests or" a dentalchair, and means to contract the receptacles.

5. In a cushion for head rest, a pad, and

means on the under face of the pad between the transverse medial line ofthe pad and the ends thereof to detaehahly secure the pad to theknob-like head rests of a dental chair.

Signed at Santa Barbara, California, this 7th day of February 1921.

KEY HOLLIS.

' Vitnesses:

G120. H. TOMKINS,

HELEN C. Snx'ron.

